Information System Self-Propagation
Successful information systems self-propagation is largely agnostic of the truth value of message content. False assertions might even assist adaptive information replication across a dynamic medium of material systems and human minds. Continue reading Information System Self-Propagation
Conceptual Homeostasis
Does the social (and psychological) context of science and technology fundamentally inhibit the free exploration and development of new modes of thought ? Continue reading Conceptual Homeostasis
Enigmas of Ecological Problem-Solving
The non-linear cognitive flexibility and diverse conceptual vocabulary required to describe the complex problem-space of environmental and ecological complexity is also the heuristic practise with which we might seek to successfully address it. Continue reading Enigmas of Ecological Problem-Solving
A.I. Authors – Content without Comprehension
Advances in autonomous, automated information processing technologies appear closely coupled to a qualitative devaluation of what we have always assumed were uniquely human attributes. Continue reading A.I. Authors – Content without Comprehension
Solving the Problem of Environmental Degradation requires us to Solve Ourselves
Is it possible to genuinely acknowledge or effectively disentangle the diverse patterns and consequences of environmental disruption without also simultaneously addressing the core epistemological shortcomings of human cognition, of human nature ? Continue reading Solving the Problem of Environmental Degradation requires us to Solve Ourselves
Cultivating Innovation
Sociological, psychological and economic systems are poorly optimised to cultivate or acknowledge the forms of innovation and creative thinking that their existence in the world depends upon. Continue reading Cultivating Innovation
Inhibiting Intelligence
Conventional platitudes and “safe” research agendas actively inhibit the free flow of ideas that discovery and authentic intellectual creativity or intelligence require. Continue reading Inhibiting Intelligence
